Making A Ribbon

SET FOREGROUND colour #ffffc0
GO TO SELECTION / RECTANGLE
DRAW OUT A RECTANGLE LIKE BELOW


ON LAYER PALLET CHANGE YOUR LAYER TO RASTER
NOW TO GIVE OUR RIBBON A RIBBED EDGE EFFECT
GO TO ADJUST ADD NOISE WITH THESE SETTINGS




GO TO EFFECTS / TEXTURE / BLINDS WITH THESES SETTINGS




GO TO SELECTIONS / SELECT NONE
ADD NEW RASTER LAYER
WE ARE GOING TO ADD STITCHING SO CHANGE YOUR FOREGROUND COLOUR TO #ffc0c0
NOW CLICK ON YOUR PEN TOOL WITH THESE SETTINGS




DRAW OUT A LINE LIKE BELOW DONT WORRY IF YOU GO OVER THE EDGES OF YOUR IMAGE AS YOU CAN ERASE ANY PART NOT NEEDED



NOW GO TO EFFECTS / 3D EFFECTS INNER BEVEL WITH THESE SETTINGS



NOW GO TO EFFECTS / 3D EFFECTS / DROP SHADOW WITH THESE SETTINGS



REPEAT DROP SHADOW THIS TIME CHANGE VERTICAL -1 HORIZONTAL 1
NOW WE HAVE ADDED OUR STITCHING
NOW GO TO LAYERS MERGE / MERGE VISIBLE
GO TO LAYER / DUPLICATE
GO TO IMAGE / FLIP
NOW WE HAVE OUR TOP & BOTTOM EDGES FOR OUR RIBBON
NOW ADD NEW RASTER LAYER
AND WITH THE SELECTION TOOL DRAW OUT USING YOUR RULER ANOTHER RECTANGLE LIKE BEFORE ONLY WIDER
FLOODFILL WITH COLOUR KEEP SELECTED
NOW GO TO EFFECTS ARTISITIC EFFECTS / HALFTONE WITH THESE SETTINGS




GO TO ADJUST / ADD NOISE WITH THESE SETTINGS




NOW SEND THIS LAYER TO BOTTOM BY CLICKING ON YOUR LAYER RASTER 1 / ARRANGE / SEND TO BOTTOM
SELECTIONS SELECT NONE
NOW WITH YOUR MOVE TOOL POSTION EACH OF YOUR LAYERS
NOW GO TO LAYERS / MERGE VISIBLE
YOUR FINISHED RIBBON




NOW IF YOU WANT TO CUT THE END OF YOUR RIBBONS ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS USE THE SELECTION TOOL
HERE IS 3 EXAMPLES HOW
USING THE TRIANGLE SELECTION
DRAW OUT LIKE BELOW
HIT DELETE ON YOUR KEYBOARD
ERASE THE PIECES ON EITHER SIDE NOT NEEDED








FOLDING YOUR RIBBON
OPEN NEW RASTER LAYER 800 X 400
WITH YOUR RIBBON IMAGE OPENED
COPY AND PASTE AS NEW LAYER TO YOUR NEW IMAGE AND RENAME THIS LAYER RIBBON
DRAW OUT A RECTANGLE SELECTION LIKE BELOW




EDIT / CUT
EDIT PASTE AS NEW LAYER
SELECTIONS / SELECT NONE
IMAGE / MIRROR
CLICK ON PICK TOOL AND POSITION LIKE BELOW




RENAME THIS LAYER PART 2
NOW HIGHLIGHT YOUR RIBBON LAYER AND ZOOM IN ON YOUR IMAGE AND ERASE LIKE BELOW




CLICK ON PART 2 LAYER
IMAGE FREE ROTATE LEFT TO REPOSITION YOUR IMAGE
AS WE SHALL BE GIVING OUR RIBBON A MORE REALISITC FEEL TO IT
NOW CLICK ON YOUR WARP BRUSH
AND WITH THE PUSH TOOL SELECTED USING THE SETTINGS SCREENSHOT
PUSH UP SLIGHTLY TO GIVE A LITTLE CURVE EFFECT
DO THE SAME WITH THE MIDDLE OF YOUR IMAGE WITH A LARGER WARP
SIZE UNTIL YOU GET THE LOOK YOU WANT ON YOUR FOLD




NOW TO ADD SOME DARK AND LIGHT TO OUR FOLDED RIBBON
NOW ZOOM IN ON YOUR IMAGE
HAVING YOUR RIBBON LAYER HIGHLIGHTED




USING LIGHTEN/DARKEN TOOL
ADD SOME DARK SHADOW TO YOUR RIBBON
LIKE IN SCREENSHOT




GO TO LAYERS /MERGE VISIBLE




Now just merge layers visible and save as picture tube